Pre-Session Questionnaire

Learning Objectives:

To utilize a blog
To learn to use a blog as a tool teachers may use to write "with" their students
To develop a conversation on a blog post
To use the blogs as a reader

Today's Agenda

Time	Learning Activities	Resources
15 minutes	Bell Ringer = Differentiated Learning! Have a blog? Log into your blog at blogspot.com. Go to blogspot.com Need to create a blog? Log into teacher email account. Click on NEW BLOG. Choose a title. EXAMPLE - English 11 Cafe (May use spaces here.) Choose a URL. EXAMPLE - eng11cafe (NO spaces allowed here.) Choose a template. You may change this later. Click CREATE BLOG. Congratulations! You now "own" a website! Click the ORANGE BOX with a PENCIL.	Weblog Presentation.pptx Details Download 894 KB Steps to Create a Blog Also see slide presentation Creating Your Digital Fingerprint.ppt Details Download 6 MB Clip: Blogs in Plain English Online Stopwatch
30 minutes	Write Beside Them Share Model Lessons See links at right. Develop Step 1 of a lesson you will write with your students. Gillmore Examples English 11: Initial thoughts on our first unit. English 12: Initial thoughts on our first unit.	A Synthesis Essay What Does Being Human Mean? A Poem Anthropomorphism: Moe and Joe How to Find Your Blog Posts Later!
30 minutes	A Social Networking Tool Community of Literacy Learners Link by Link: English 11 Blogs Leave a Comment: The Networking Begins!	Attend a wiki session to learn how to create a "Link by Link" page such as I use to trackallmy students' blogs. OR stop by and seeTammy Gillmore in Cafe 16for more information.
30 Minutes	An Online Reader: Hook 'em with Blogs Why do we read blogs? Author Blogs: click button to right Celebrity Blogs The Nine Best Celebrity Blogs Celebrity Blog Links Hobby Blogs Martha Stewart HGTV Professional Blogs: click button to right Explore other blogs. Check post formats. Hear their voices? Write what you like to read. Create a post on a topic close to your heart.	Click on a button to see additional blogs:
15 Minutes	Wrap-Up Today, created two posts and left a comment An Invitation